Onsted, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Cambridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49265. The Survey maps it on the Onsted quadrangle. 988 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.
On record in Onsted
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Nathaniel S. Wheeler Houselisted 1975
Population over time
2 figuresOnsted grew from 917 to 988 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 917 | |
| 2020 | 988 | +71 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1948 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Onsted quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Onsted between 2018 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 713 - 2020 |
| 27 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 626 - 2020 |
| 26 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 1020 - 2018 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON FD 0000888 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 586 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 309 - 2019 |
| 12 May 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 298 - 2020 |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN TOWNSHIP FD 0000233 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Onsted: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Brownell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cole Brothers Lanawee County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gallop Pit No. 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stevick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Onsted in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | $40,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down in Cambridge Township. A home also sustained roof damage. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | $20,000 | Trees reported down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | $20,000 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree blown down on a vacant trailer. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported power lines down. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | - | Numerous trees were reported down in and around Onsted. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | - | Five trees were reported blown down across Cambridge Township. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | - | A trained spotter reported trees down. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | - | A trained weather spotter reported trees blown down. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | - | A trained weather spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | - | Several large trees were uprooted. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Onsted | - | A ham radio operater reported that one-inch diameter hail fell for 15 minutes. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onsted | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Onsted | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Onsted | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Onsted | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Onsted | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cambridge Junction | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rome Center | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Shade Park | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Devils Lake | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Geneva | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Round Lake Estates | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Devil's Lake Estates | 6.4 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Onsted | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2686984 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634075. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






